Evo tech radiator guards install on ‘23 Pani V4s tips?

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Anyone have any tips on installing Evotech radiator guards on a ‘23 Panigale V4S that doeast involve removing all the fairings? Cheers.
 
if you have to ask I would get a big boy to do it......removing the fairings is the easy bit!
 
There are really good videos out there. I know Motivation has one, might be for a SFV4, once you get the fairings off it should be pretty much the same. I would highly encourage watching the videos a few times.
 
I did it on my V2, and it was a bit tricky. And I had the bike half way apart already to make it a race bike. As some noted, you 100% for sure need to remove the upper and lower side fairings, and I think the front / nose, to do it. And then some of the other plastic stuff. The radiator is kind of an "assembly" on these bikes; with two radiators, a plastic casing thing that holds them together, and some other stuff. It's not as straight forward as most other bikes. I do remember having to fight the radiator and hoses and such a lot to get the radiator back in place. It's held on by these two small (m4 bolts) and (like all the other bolts that go in to this aluminum block), are very easy to cross thread and strip.
 
JBJR said:
I did it on my V2, and it was a bit tricky. And I had the bike half way apart already to make it a race bike. As some noted, you 100% for sure need to remove the upper and lower side fairings, and I think the front / nose, to do it. And then some of the other plastic stuff. The radiator is kind of an "assembly" on these bikes; with two radiators, a plastic casing thing that holds them together, and some other stuff. It's not as straight forward as most other bikes. I do remember having to fight the radiator and hoses and such a lot to get the radiator back in place. It's held on by these two small (m4 bolts) and (like all the other bolts that go in to this aluminum block), are very easy to cross thread and strip.
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I was reading something about cross-threading becoming more common with harder fasteners and softer materials such as aluminium that they are screwing into. It’s certainly been my experience and at the first sign of an issue I chase the thread before proceeding further.

You don’t need to remove the front fairing.

Getting the plastic shroud that goes around the radiators loosened is a bit of a pain. I found the most awkward bit was putting on the two nuts that secure the shroud and hold the two radiators in position - there’s pretty much zero room to get anything in there on either side.

It’s a shame the fairings don’t pop off as quickly and easily as the old 916.
 
It’s not a big job, it took me ~ 1 hour in my driveway.
Even if it is possible to install it without removing the fairings, taking them off will make the job easier and faster.
 
Motovation video was helpful. Upper/lower side fairings need to come off. Mobilizing the rads off their mounts will give you the room to maneuver the guards into place behind the black shroud. Everything will feel tight when you put it back together but just make sure that the oil rad tabs don’t damage the main radiator when it’s free
 
You need to watch the videos carefully because there are hidden screws under the fairings and behind the radiator shroud. Fairings need to come off. There are no short cuts on most stuff that you have to do to these bikes.
 
I don’t know…I find the fairings very easy to take on and off. The difficulty in installing radiator and oil cooler guards is due to the poor design those parts have, not the bike.
 
They aren’t difficult to take off, it’s just more time-consuming than it should be. 🤷‍♂️
 
The panigale fairings are easier to remove than all my S1000s I've had and also RSV4's. The only thing that's finiky to get right on install (MY23 anyway) is the top fairing grommet on top of the frame and the highest cup grommet at the same time. Just have to take your time.
 
bp_SFV4 said:
Compared to what?
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916?

I’ve not got a shining example of perfection in this regard - I just think it could be made simpler. The 2 screws attaching the upper to front fairings are a pain and then there’s the inner fairing to remove before you get access to them.
 
It’s not that it’s not doable. They’re just much more finicky than Japanese bikes. Another example is oil changes, what other bike requires an 2 hr-overnight drain and then multi step process to add oil to the correct level? And why use a cartridge filter when a twist on filter is just as sufficient? I’ve got to unbolt the cover and then use different bolts to extract the cover. And then after putting in a new filter, the bolts are just short to catch a significant amount of thread.

Just look at how involved it is to install an exhaust…

You’re a masochist if you enjoy working on these PV4s.
 
There’s nothing particularly difficult about installing a full exhaust on a V4.
 

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